Heavy Duty Bi-Metal Honing Fluid for the Automotive Market

August 1, 2017

Houghton International's HOCUT 4650 is a water-based metal removal fluid for use in automotive honing operations. It is designed to improve machining performance by providing high lubricity and detergency while complying with global chemical regulatory programs.

"HOCUT 4650 contains a combination of additives providing high detergency enabling the product to run clean, a key requirement in honing operations," said a company spokesperson. "The product has been tested and is currently used at several automotive OEM engine plants. One area in which this product has been successful is in honing cast iron cylinder sleeves in aluminum engine blocks with single-pass crank boring operations where a bi-metal cut is required."

HOCUT 4650 is compliant with global chemical regulatory programs, enabling a single product to be supplied locally to global operations. It is free of boron, formaldehyde releasing agents, secondary amines, chlorine, phenols and nitrites.

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